BUG: Ability to access nonexistent directories

Hello! I have found a bug in Cygwin. It exists at least for several months. I have updated today but it is still there. The bug is simple to trigger and verify. Make a directory like: mkdir /tmp/test Then go to /tmp and execute: ls -l /tmp/nonexist/../test The command succeeds despite this

vim-7.3.943-1 missing command 'let g:colors_name = "elflord"' found in vim-common-7.3.943-1

Where: vim-7.3.943-1 Issue: vim-common-7.3.943-1 contains /usr/share/vim/vim73/colors/elflord.vim which utilizes the command "let g:colors_name = "elflord", this command is not found in /usr/bin/vim-nox from package vim-7.3.943-1 Fix: downgrade to vim-7.3.762-1 Details: kens@thinkpad$ cygchec

call to system() leading to execve() failed. (process table is full?)

Hi list, First, I have carefully read the FAQ and the Cygwin documentation. I have also read what seemed to be related problems to the one I will described below, but could not find a solution to it, so I ask for help here: A software I use makes use of the system() library call. When this softwa

Re: mktime loop

equires integer > overflow to be fully defined, but gcc's -O2 option sets > -fstrict-overflow which results in all kinds of agressive integer > optimizations which disabled utilizing integer overflows for serious > purposes. I fixed that by setting the -fwrapv option when buil

Re: error: xpdf missing share libarary

> Larry Hall writes: > On 5/16/2013 11:17 AM, clara wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I installed cygwin by "all" >> >> when i run xpdf, it produces such errors: >> >> /usr/bin/xpdf.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygXm-2.dll: cannot >> open shared obje

Re: error: xpdf missing share libarary

On 5/16/2013 11:17 AM, clara wrote: Hi All, I installed cygwin by "all" when i run xpdf, it produces such errors: /usr/bin/xpdf.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygXm-2.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory though I have cygXm-4.dll under /bin/ how to fix

error: xpdf missing share libarary

Hi All, I installed cygwin by "all" when i run xpdf, it produces such errors: /usr/bin/xpdf.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygXm-2.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory though I have cygXm-4.dll under /bin/ how to fix this problem? Thanks! clara -- Pr

error: xpdf missing share libarary

Hi All, I installed cygwin by "all" when i run xpdf, it produces such errors: /usr/bin/xpdf.exe: error while loading shared libraries: cygXm-2.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory though I have cygXm-4.dll under /bin/ how to fix this problem? Thanks! clara -- Pr

Re: Strange problem with find and directories

On May 16 13:29, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: > > Fixed in CVS. > > Thank you! > > > Dunno where the man page error stems from > > Still, it'd be great to fix that, too. > > > -f, --trace-children trace child processes (toggle - default > > true) > > But somehow when -

RE: Strange problem with find and directories

> Fixed in CVS. Thank you! > Dunno where the man page error stems from Still, it'd be great to fix that, too. > -f, --trace-children trace child processes (toggle - default > true) But somehow when -f is specified, strace can't continue but gets stuck waiting for the child process to

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: OpenSSH-6.2p2-1

I've just updated the Cygwin version of OpenSSH to 6.2p2-1. The official upstream release message for 6.2p2: This is a portable OpenSSH bugfix release. Changes since OpenSSH 6.2p1 === Bugfixes: * ssh(

Re: Base Cygwin now requires Python?

On 5/16/2013 2:41 AM, Steven Penny wrote: Because of this dependency line mintty cygutils desktop-file-utils libglib2.0_0 python-gobject python A base Cygwin install now requires Python. Can this be changed? While Python is a good language I hardly feel it is appropriate to

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: initscripts-0.9-4: System V Init Clone initscripts

Hi A new version of 'initscripts' has been uploaded to a server near you. o Uses cygport for .hint files generation CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO If you want to unsubscribe from the cygwin-announce mailing list, please use the automated form at: http://c

Re: Strange problem with find and directories

On May 16 01:56, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: > $ strace --help > ... > -V, --versionoutput version information and exit > ... > > So man page needs to be more *case-sensitive*. Also, it looks like -f Dunno where the man page error stems from, but the official do

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: {gnutls/libgnutls28/gnutls-devel/gnutls-doc/gnutls-guile}-3.2.0-1: Library implementing TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0 protocols

Hi New versions of 'gnutls/libgnutls28/gnutls-devel/gnutls-doc/gnutls-guile' have been uploaded to a server near you. o Update to latest upstream version o Build for cygwin 1.7.18 with gcc-4.5.3 gnutls NEWS: === ** libgnutls: Use nettle's elliptic curve implementation. ** lib